Example sentences of "[be] a [adj] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were a haulier 's . |
| 2 | The Jimmy Stewart of American comedy , with his four piece suit and his gentlemanly ways , he 's a 40 's guy in a 90 's world . |
| 3 | He has now sold his Duo and drives another unusual kit car , a Vincent Hurricane which is a 60 's style open sports car . |
| 4 | But while ‘ Deliverance ’ was a 70 's nightmare , exposing the soft-underbelly of the male ego and leaving the survivors weeping in their soup , ‘ City Slickers ’ is a product of the new-man 90's , where the soft underbelly is a source of pride . |
| 5 | It was a claustrophobic 's nightmare . |
| 6 | This was a local 's boat . |